My Name is Kevin Linkutis, I am a 34 year old male, who is licensed in the Heavy Equipment Technician Trade. I have Red Seal, Journeyman Tickets, for both the On-road, and Off-road, aspects of the trade. I have been in the trade coming up on 10 years now, and have gained vast knowledge, and certification within it, as well as speaking,and working, with a wide range of people in a respectful, and diligent manner.
- Diagnosed engine, and electrical issues, using previously gained knowledge from trade.
- Performed repairs, both in shop, or with company service truck on site if required.
- Replaced or repaired faulty or worn equipment primarily on Wester star, and Freightliner, concrete mixer trucks, JCB Telehandler, and Cat 966 wheel loaders.
- Speaking with unit operators for further information about their issue.
- Used computer diagnostic software programs Jpro, and CatET to program, read, and diagnose electrical and mechanical issues.
- Assisted apprentices with questions, and repair procedures.
- Performed regular scheduled maintenance on equipment, and kept service records up to date for each unit.
- Informed manager of repairs required, if unit had to be put out of service.
- Diagnosed and repaired Engine, Electrical, Transmission, Drivetrain, Brakes, Wheel ends, and all other components on HIghway, Offroad, Vac Truck, and Van body units of all models of Kenworth Trucks, and Tractors.
- Performed engine overhauls, Electrical repairs, Gearbox, and transfer case, overhauls, on Paccar, or Cummins, powered units primarily.
- Acquired full Paccar Engine, and Electrical certification through instructor led courses
- Assisted apprentices with safe work practices and procedures
- Repaired units in a timely fashion.
- Informed service writers, and Foreman, of repairs required for customer units.
- Worked in shop full time, and on a on-call rotation schedule for running service truck to perform call-out, on the road repairs
- completed summarized stories of work required, and completed, for customer documents.
- Used computer programs: Cummins Insite, Paccar Davie4, CatET and sis, Bendix, Jpro, And Eaton Service Ranger.
- Using a wide range of tools to perform maintenance and repairs
- Thinking outside of the box, at the bigger picture of why a failure could have occurred
- Attention to detail
- Computer literacy for performing programming and software updates required or requested by customers
- Working safely, in shop, and on road/ location repairs